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21) The rope walk
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At her tenth birthday party in the garden of her Vermont village home, Alice meets two people unlike any she's known before: Theo is a mixed-race New York City kid visiting his white grandparents for the summer; Kenneth is a cosmopolitan artist with AIDS who has come home to convalesce. Alice and Theo form an instant bond and almost as quickly find themselves drawn into the orbit of the magisterial artist. But Kenneth is losing his eyesight, and when...
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Buddy and Earl volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Buddy and Earl know that with the right education they can become anything even a dentist or a hot-dog vendor. So they eagerly gather their silly, smelly supplies and head to school. Soon after they arrive, their teacher, Miss Meredith, is called away and Professor Earl takes charge of the classroom" --
23) Buddy and Earl
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Buddy and Earl volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Buddy does not know what is in the box that Meredith carries into the living room. But when the small, prickly creature says he is a pirate--and that Buddy is a pirate too--the two mismatched friends are off on a grand adventure"--Amazon.com.
25) A new friend
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Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Eight-year-old Sophie Mouse is excited to return to school after the long winter break, but there is a new student--a snake--and Sophie and the other animals are afraid to sit near him, much less ask him to play with them, because they have heard snakes are awful" -- Provided by publisher
27) The only game
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Home team novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball and only Cassie, star of the girls' softball team, seems to understand.
28) Spring hare
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In this story without words, a "baby hare springs into an adventure, following his human friend up, up, and away in this flight of fancy. He follows his friend ever higher, flying through fluffy white clouds, chasing a red airplane through a flock of geese, and soaring into space on a rocket ship, before catching a ride on a shooting star back down to earth--and into his friend's waiting arms"--Amazon.com.
29) Dylan the doctor
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A joyful stripy dog, Dylan is playing at being a doctor, looking after all his friends: Kala Kat, Ozzy Otter, and Bitsy Chick. But who will look after poor Doctor Dylan when his caregiving duties exhaust him?
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Unforgettable Logan Foster volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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Twelve-year-old orphan Logan and his superhero friends embark on an adventure to stop the evil supervillain Necros and find the true identity of Logan's birth mom.
32) The lost hours
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Upon inheriting her grandfather's home, Piper Mills remembers a box she had helped him bury in the yard more than a decade ago and retrieves it from the ground, finding inside pages of a scrapbook and other items that reveal a painful secret from her grandmother's past.
33) The Ickabog
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
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"The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect _ except for the misty Marshlands to the north, which according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog..." _ jacket.
35) The candy caper
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Trouble at table 5 volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--
37) The red book
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A girl finds a magical red book and is transported to a new world and a new friend.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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"Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life"--
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Princess in Black volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort ... but who is that new masked avenger? Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans ... mysterious plans, like a princess playdate! They dress-up slam! They karaoke jam! They playhouse romp and snack-time stomp! But then a shout from outside Princess Sneezewort's castle interrupts their fun. It's a monster trying to eat someone's kitty! This...
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Up-and-under volume 1
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"Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework--without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable....